Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Woman sentenced to death by stoning denied visits from lawyer, family

CNN: The Iranian woman awaiting possible execution by stoning was denied visits from her family and attorney this week, just days after her lawyer's...

Iran: Final verdict not in yet on stoning case

CNN: Iranian judicial authorities say a final verdict in the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning has not yet been made...

IRAN: Hardliners push for family-law bill that activists say further erodes women’s rights

Los Angeles Times: Women's-rights activists and reformist politicians are alarmed over the push by some hardliners to reintroduce a family-law bill that not only...

Iran stonings ‘practices of another age’: Ashton

AFP: The European Union's foreign policy chief said Friday the EU was about to reject "practices of another age", after a woman was sentenced...

France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning

AFP: France has urged the European Union to threaten new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the case of a woman sentenced to be...

France ups campaign to stop Iran woman stoning

AFP: A French campaign to stop the stoning to death of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery intensified Thursday after President Nicolas Sarkozy added...

Carla Sarkozy urges clemency for Iranian sentenced to stoning

Bloomberg: French first lady Carla Bruni- Sarkozy published a letter today in three national media outlets supporting an Iranian mother sentenced to death by...

Iran to raise baby girls as Basij members

RFE/RL: A female commander of the pro-government Basij militia, Zohreh Abbasi, has said that her unit has introduced a special program that allows baby...

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Iranian Regime Parliament Speaker: No Access Will Be Granted to Bombed Sites

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian regime's Majlis (parliament) and head of the Iranian regime's negotiating team,...

Tanker Trackers: Vessel Grounded in the Strait of Hormuz Belongs to Iran’s Oil Smuggling Network

Maritime monitoring firm TankerTrackers responded to Iranian regime media claims that a vessel had "run aground" after sailing outside...

The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

The United States and the member states of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) have imposed a new round...

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Iranian Regime Parliament Speaker: No Access Will Be Granted to Bombed Sites

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian regime's...

Economics and Ethics in Iran; From Poverty to the Commodification of the Human Body

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UN General Assembly condemns rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 19 - The United Nations...